William rabich



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.y

WILLIAM RABIOH, OF ST; LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO rlHE AMERICAN ROLLPAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,810, dated March18, 1890. Application filed March 25, 1889. Serial No. 304,627. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NVILLIAM RABICH, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inRoll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear,and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I isa front elevation illustrating my improved holder and cutter. Fig. II isa side elevation. Fig. III is a detail top View and section taken online III III, Fig. I.

My invention relates to certain improvements in machines for holding andcutting' wrapping-paper and the like; and it consists in features ofnovelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a base, to which are secured endpieces or standards 2, which are notched at 3 to support the roll ofpaper 4. Each standard' or end piece has a slot or opening 5, in whichtits a bar or strip 6, which is a little wider than the slots or spaces5, as shown in Fig. II.

7 represents arms secured by their inner ends to the strip or plate 6,and to the outer endg of which is secured the knife or cutter The paperis cut against the knife in an upward direction, as indicated by thearrows in Fig. II.

The plate or strip 6 being a trifle wider than the spaces or slots 5, itwill be understood that while the knife 'and'plate will move downward bygravity as the size of the roll decreases, still the upward movement ofthe knife, in 'the act of cutting the paper, will be resisted andprevented by the plate 6 rocking and binding in the slots or spaces 5-that is, the pressure on the outer edge of the knife tends to move theedge 9 of the plate 6 in an upward direction and the edge 10 in adownward direction. f The result is that the plate is unable to move ineither direction, and the knife is thus firmly held from movement as thepaper is cut. At the Same time the knife will move downward freely andeasily by gravity as the size of the roll decreases.

It sometimes happens with/rolls of paper that there is a great-er bulkon one side than onl the other of the center of the roll, due to oneside winding tighter than the other. To provide for cases of this kind,(where the knife and bar 6 would gravitate, when the small side of theroll was presented, too far for the passage of the large side of theroll, and thus prevent thefree turning of the roll,) I employ springsl1, which hold the knife 8 slightly up off the roll, as shown in Fig.II, and which lwill yield to,the large side of the roll and permit theroll to turn freely. These springs may be formed in various ways. I haveshown them consisting of simple tongues cut out of the arms 7 and bentin a downward direction.

By arranging theibar G, knife 8, and connecting-arms 7 as I have shownthem the upward movement of the knife is prevented, so that it willservie as a brake and prevent the roll from turning too f1eely-tl1atis,the knife and bar will move downward as the paper is removed, and willbe prevented from moving upward again.

I claim as my inventionl. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, thecombination of the slotted standards, a roll of paper, a knife, a plateor strip located in the slots of t-he standards and wider in the latterthan the slots, and arms connecting the knife to the plate,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of the slotttedstandards, a roll supported by the standards, a plate slightly wider inthe standards than, and located in, the slots of the standards, armssecured to the plate, knife secured to the arms, and 'springs forholding the knife slightly up off the roll of paper, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

3. In a' roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination of a roll ofpaper, a knife, and a support for the knife held in vertical ways, andbeing wider in the4 support than said ways, substantially :1s and forthe purpose set it is caused to serve es .fr brake, substantiallyfort-h. as and 'for the purpose set forth.

4. I n :L roll-Ypper holder and Cutter, the VITALI/VM RABICILcombination of :L roll of paper, a slotted support, and :L rocking knifefeeding by gravity In presence 01?- :Lnd proj eeting forward of thesiottedsupport, EDW. S. KNIGHT, whereby itsnpward movement is resistedand THOMAS KNIGHT.

